At Anaplan, we are a team of innovators who are focused on optimizing business decision-making through our leading scenario planning and analysis platform so our customers can outpace their competition and the market.
What unites Anaplanners across teams and geographies is our collective commitment to our customers’ success and to our Winning Culture.
Our customers rank among the who’s who in the Fortune 50. Coca-Cola, LinkedIn, Adobe, LVMH and Bayer are just a few of the 2,400+ global companies that rely on our best-in-class platform.
Our Winning Culture is the engine that drives our teams of innovators. We champion diversity of thought and ideas, we behave like leaders regardless of title, we are committed to achieving ambitious goals and we have fun celebrating our wins.
Supported by operating principles of being strategy-led, values-based and disciplined in execution, you’ll be inspired, connected, developed and rewarded here. Everything that makes you unique is welcome; join us and be your best self!
We seek a highly skilled Program Manager to lead the development and delivery of software applications in the planning sector. This role requires an individual with a deep understanding of program management, software development lifecycles, stakeholder engagement, and strategic execution. The ideal candidate will oversee multiple projects, ensuring alignment with business objectives and driving innovation in digital planning solutions.
Key Responsibilities
- Program Leadership: Oversee the end-to-end management of multiple App releases within the Supply Chain domain, ensuring timely delivery and adhering to our SDLC and GTM Launch criteria.
- Program Operations- Monitoring application development progress and routine status reporting to various internal stakeholders.
- Stakeholder Engagement: Collaborate with platform application engineering teams, customers, finance, GTM Launch leadership, and third-party vendors to align the program objectives with other departments.
- Planning and Roadmapping- Lead the creation and maintenance of application development plans, ensuring that they are set up for success through resourcing, dependency management, and risk/issue identification.
- Strategic Execution: update and align program roadmaps, ensuring initiatives support our company and team objectives.
- Cross-functional Collaboration: Work closely with product managers, software engineers, UX designers, and GTM Launch to ensure smooth execution of projects.
- Risk Management: Identify and mitigate potential risks in program execution, ensuring proactive problem-solving and issue resolution.
- Compliance & Standards: Help teams adopt our engineering SDLC to drive consistency and quality.
Skills & Experience
- Proven experience as a Program Manager, leading large-scale software application programs, preferably within the Sales Performance, Workforce Planning, Financial Planning, or Supply Chain domains.
- Strong technical acumen, with an understanding of Agile delivery at scale. Exposure to Scrum and Kanban as well as the ability to create, edit and update Jira issues and roadmaps
- Excellent stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence senior leaders, clients, and cross-functional teams.
- Outstanding communication and leadership abilities, with a track record of delivering high-impact software solutions.
- Project management certifications (e.g., PMP, PRINCE2, SAFe) are advantageous.
Benefits
- Competitive salary and performance-based bonuses.
- Flexible working options, including remote and hybrid work.
- Professional development and training opportunities.
- Company pension scheme and other UK-standard benefits.
- Opportunity to work on innovative digital solutions shaping the future of planning in the UK.
Our Commitment to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging
Build your career in a place that thrives on diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging. We believe in a hiring and working environment where all people are respected and valued, regardless of gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion, ethnicity, age, neurodiversity, disability status, citizenship, or any other aspect which makes people unique. We hire you for who you are, and we want you to bring your authentic self to work every day!
We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, perform essential job functions, and receive equitable benefits and all privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.
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